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I'M TOO SEXY: A LYRICAL POTPOURRI |
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His body emaciated from years of fasting, he didn't last long after an assassin's bullets felled him in 1948 New Delhi |
Gandhi
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He used 2 hammers to bore a 14-foot hole in rock & defeat a drill; however, he died doing it |
John Henry
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The USS Pennsylvania was in drydock at this naval base on December 7, 1941 |
Pearl Harbor
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... for my this, be it t-, guayabera or flannel; so sexy it hurts |
my shirt
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Jimmy Stewart, in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (after going to Washington) |
a senator
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Intuition not arrived at via sight, hearing, touch, taste or smell |
sixth sense
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Known to Israelis as "Arik", this ex-general was prime minister from 2001 to 2006 |
Ariel Sharon
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Some teach that the ghost of this pirate who died in 1718 glows under the waters off North Carolina, searching for his own head |
Blackbeard
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John Quincy Adams argued the case of the Africans who had mutinied aboard this slave ship & won their freedom |
the Amistad
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...for your this, which we can only assume is a choice of Know-Nothing, Likud or Bull Moose |
(a political) party
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Denzel Washington, stepping up in "Philadelphia" |
(Mayim: Yes, he was a personal injury [**].)
a lawyer (attorney)
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It's a nickname for Chicago |
(Gillian: What is the "Windy City"?) ... (Mayim: As a reminder, we're looking for ORDINAL PHRASES.)
the "Second City"
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This "Waltz King" was 23 when he combined his orchestra with his dad's |
Johann Strauss Jr.
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He was big, he was blue & one story said his footprints filled with water & became Minnesota's 10,000 lakes, so to repeat... he was big |
(Dave: Who is Paul Bunyan?)
Babe (the Blue Ox)
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Tamil words for tie & wood give us the name of this type of twin-hulled boat |
a catamaran
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... for this northern Italian city & fashion capital, site of Sforzesco Castle |
Milan
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Margot Robbie, gliding through "I, Tonya" |
a figure skater
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The parable of the workers in the vineyard in Mark 20 gave us this idiom for anything done at the last minute |
[ERRATUM: The cited-to parable is in Matthew 20. The Gospel of Mark only goes up to chapter 16.]
the eleventh hour
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The couple seen here, Menkaure & wife, were found near one of the three main pyramids at this city |
Giza
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"Stand in front of the bathroom mirror with a... candle & say" this witch's name "3 times"; if it works, you'll need that drink, too |
Bloody Mary
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These boats in the lagoon at Boston's Public Garden were inspired by the opera "Lohengrin" & declared a Boston landmark |
(Nick: What are... Viking longships?)
the swan boats
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... for this animal "Who Walks Through Walls" in a Robert A. Heinlein title |
a cat
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Sidney Poitier, taking a tough assignment in "To Sir, with Love" |
a teacher
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If you're taking the subway, keep your distance from this electrified part of the tracks |
the third rail
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In 451 it took a combined army of Roman & Germanic forces to stop this leader of a Central Asian people at a battle near Troyes |
Attila the Hun
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Were you raised by coyotes?! Well, this cowboy was, after being lost by his parents near a certain Texas river |
Pecos Bill
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The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, it was launched in 1960 & was the 8th U.S. naval vessel to carry the name |
the Enterprise
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... for this island nation whose largest freshwater lake is the 260-square-mile Biwa |
Japan
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Holly Hunter, before saying hi to motherhood in "Raising Arizona" |
(Mayim: Yes, and you ran that category, well done.) [Applause]
a policeman
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In the 19th century this phrase began its association with all things press-related |
the Fourth Estate
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